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th»'lr own values and another
thing to force I! down their
throats," Colurn said AVe had
to accept everything on faith In
church, vou just hari to sit and
listen, but m ( lass vou get to
talk and are taught to question
things"
Fifty percent of college stu
dents sav college has affected
the strength of their religious
convictions, according to a
108H Callup I’oll When asked
how .attending college had
changed their religions beliefs.
27 percent said it had made
their beliefs stronger. 2.i per
cent said it had made their la
bels weaker and SO peri ent
said there was no change in
their beliefs
Kenton Johnson head of the
University's religious studies
department., said he believes
every generation is diluted in
its religious intensity
"bach generation has a small
er and smaller pen ent of pim
ple who believe Jesus is the son
of (did and who believe in
heaven and hell,” Johnson said
"These people transmit less ur
gene v to their kids
In tqH1), Johnson interviewed
500 baby boomers, ages i t to
42. who were brought up in the
Presbyterian Church He said
most of these people had either
dropped out of the ehun h or
participated less in ( luiri h than
their parents
Musi of the people fie studied
who dropped out of < hurt h did
so in their lute teens to ourly
20s. Benton suid Men were
more likely to drop out sooner
thtin women
Johnson suid fundamentalists
who ftelieve their actions are
strongly connected with their
eternal destinv remain highly
active in their ( hurt hes
"If you really ftelieve that,
(fiat will energize you," he said
Johnson said the people tie
studied who were less involved
in ((lurch than their parents
were not anti religious
They still prayed o< ( asion
ally hut religion was not a me
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jor interest, he said "They
were looking for .1 low Involve
men! religion hither Ihev won t
join a ( hurch, or if thev do,
they're not going to throw
themselves heart and soul into
it "
Ihe single biggest predictor
of whether someone w ill attend
i liuri h regularly is the extent of
his or her belief, Renton said
Married people with children
are also more likelv to attend
ihurch because "everyone
wants a religious education for
their kids." he said
Students who dei ide to leave
the ( bun h thev grew up in of
ten fear thev are betraying their
parents, said Mark Kvans, staff
psychologist at the University
Student Health Center Some
students from a fundamentalist
background mav fear they ire
damning their soul forever
If thev hav e a chotl e lit el
1 her belonging to the church ,pr
thev re doomed, it makes it par
tu xilarIv hard because there's
more at stake, " he said
It isn't a mini idem e 1 hat
many people question religion
when they go to college, tv vans
said.
At college, people are
taught to question all kinds of
assumptions." he said It
seems natural it would spill
over into religion
K i' v e r c n (I M a r g (i f r I I e
Simple of tht' Metropolitan
Community ( hurt h said about
nine ol !!»• K) people who regu
l.irlv ill ton (i firr Christian
church an' i ollege students
Half of the congregation used to
he relieve students S(Toggle
s.nd she tielleves this Is hei ause
the students are "less intense"
about religion
The i hanges that ai eompanv
college mav push students into
( hurt lies instead of making
them pull out. said Chris i erv.
peer minister of the Cathole
New man ( enter
College students may |olti a
i him h to deal w ith all of the
confusion m their lives I erv
said f imersily students may
also attend church for a sense
of (.'(immunity, whit h they mas
not have after leaving family
and friends
( Inin h gives people a sense
of stahtlitv. espix tally students,
and it is sumepl.ii e they i an al
ways go, Fery said "I think
some of it 's splntilal. bit t I
think a lot ol it iwik lal
()l the 7SO people w ho attend
servo es at the New man ( enter,
atxiul lr>0 are students, said Ini
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